Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

[Stefanie]

Hi everyone- I just joined ADBB today. I've lost 8lbs so far and then didn't lose on week 3. Here are my goals so that hopefully the scale WILL go down by my next weigh-in:


1) NO COFFEE
2) NO DIET COKE
3) No sunflower seeds (after week two I had a couple handfulls of sunflower seeds, even though I know i'm not on the nut rung. not sure if that's why i didn't lose weight, or if it's other reasons)
4) Exercise everyday until my next weigh in (Tuesday, October 4th) and 4 times the week after that


I made these pacts Tuesday after not losing any weight (except the exercise one, that's a new one) and have not slipped, but it's nice to have people to tell about my plans, so I will be less likely to slip up

[cleochatra]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Accountability is something we can do.

*cracking knuckles*

[/mafioso implied threat]

Welcome to ADBB!

[Stefanie]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

LOL, thank you. I wouldn't want anyone to come and break my knee caps if I drank a can of diet coke

[Isabeau]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

I keep telling Cleo to start with the fingers. She's just very enthusiastic. You can do this!

[loser4life]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

hehe

[gympy1120]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

I, too, had an addiction to soft drinks (Diet Dr. Pepper was my weakness). I found that I had a little trouble quitting cold-turkey, so I started by switching to the caffeine-free version, then, over a week's time, getting down to one drink a day. Now, all I drink is water and the odd decaf tea/coffee some mornings. When I get the occasional craving for a soda, I remember how gross and bloated I felt when drinking carbonated drinks, then down a glass of water with a drop or two of peppermint extract (ten sorts of yum!), and the craving passes.

[cleochatra]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

*lol* Stefanie! Or find a severed Barbie head on your pillow...

[iyamamaschke]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

WAY to go I have made my journey by making small goals. It helps to do that and then you have something to work towards. I am sooo PROUD of you for doing this start small and work from there. My first goal was just not to cheat. Then it was to exercise 4 days per week. From there I have made my goals bigger and bigger I am nuts ask anyone. SO far I have achieved every single one of my goals and every time I do it makes me feel so powerful and in control of my life. You'll feel the same way. GREAT JOB.

Now also don't worry about the scale not moving on week 3 here is an explanation that we all need to see from time to time.

From http://stores.yahoo.com/carbsmart/outout.html

By Sonya Tilley

How the **** does your body hold onto weight and still manage to get smaller
while you are on your chosen low carb diet?!? You know the scenario: You are on
Induction for two weeks, and you haven't cheated even once. You notice that
your clothes fit better, that you are stepping a little livelier, and as far as
you're concerned, all's right with the world.

But then you step on that evil construction of the Devil himself, the bathroom
scale, and you instantly feel betrayed. The stupid thing insists that you have
done nothing! Sometimes, it even states you have done less than nothing; it
accuses you of cheating because it tells that you haven't lost any weight!
Well, there area couple of simple explanations to help you get through this
trying time.

First of all, if it is at all possible for you to do so, throw that insipid
Monster Scale in the trash. Or at least put it up somewhere that it is really,
REALLY inconvenient to get to so that you won't be tempted to ask it's opinion
every single day of your life. Face it. If you are feeling better and your
clothes are looser, do you really need the scale to tell you that you're on the
right track? No! You don't! Why do you think you do it, then? I'll tell you
why. The low fat diet demons have a tenacious hold on your brain. That's right,
you've been brainwashed. All your life they have told you through doctors,
dietitians, newspaper and magazine articles, surgeon generals and the like,
that you give up X calories per day and you will lose a pound of fat. They even
go on to tell you how much fat you should lose each week. In the process,
they've made you dependent on the Monster Scale to gauge your progress!

What a big lie!

Even on the diets that "they" advocate, the Monster Scale does not often
cooperate. You go back to the Diet Demons and demand to know why the scale does
not reflect the torture you have put yourself through for a month. They
immediately start backpedaling on the "give up X calories and lose a pound of
fat" story, and start talking to you about water retention and muscle buildup.
Sometimes, they even blame it on you with questions like, "Are you sure you
counted the calories in everything you ate?" (This is delivered with a knowing
little smile that makes you want to rip their knowing little face off.) Being
the type that is given to blaming things on yourself, anyway, you cooperate
with an answer like, "Well….." They pounce on this with "Ahhhh, well.." Then,
they launch into one of their scoldings/lash/encouragement speeches.

So, get off their bandwagon, already!

Then, there's the competitive spirit. You hear about what other people have
done on your chosen diet. Yes, Brian went on Atkins a year ago and lost over a
hundred pounds. Yes, a hundred pounds in a year is over eight pounds a month,
or 2 pounds a week, or .0119 pounds per hour….but, "Hello? You ain't Brian!"
And, did Brian ever say that he lost .0119 pounds per hour? No! He said a
hundred pounds in a year. This only proves he got on the scale twice; a year
ago, and yesterday. Take a hint from Brian. Stay off the scale!

The second solution is to understand what is going on in your body in light of
the current state of human affairs. Today, all a person has to have to eat
every day is money and transportation to a grocery store or, better yet, a nice
restaurant. However, your body's survival instincts have not matured in a
million years. Your body still thinks you are a hunter-gatherer. Yes, in spite
of a million years of evolution, your body still thinks you are going to have
to go out and kill a mammoth to eat. The survival instincts with which you are
going to have to come to terms are read-only memory. You can't overwrite them.
Deal with it.

That said, let me tell you what happens when you lose a pound of fat. Your body
has been saving this fat for that long hunting expedition you're going to have
to go on to track, kill, dress and retrieve that huge animal. It keeps the fat
in little pillows distributed throughout your body. When you start losing fat,
it doesn't trust you to continue whatever insane path you have chosen that is
causing the fat to dissipate. So, when the fat comes out of the pillow, it
injects water as a "place holder." Sometimes that water actually replaces the
weight of the fat it lost. Sometimes it replaces the volume.

Water weighs more than fat just like lead sinkers weigh more than feathers. If
you stuff a pillow with a pound of feathers, you'll have a nice big pillow. If
you stuff a pillow with a pound of lead sinkers, you'll have a nice (but rather
hard and uncomfortable), small pillow. Now, let's say your body removes a pound
of fat and replaces the weight with a pound of water. Your weight will stay the
same, but you will be smaller. But, if your body decides to replace the lost
fat by volume, that is a quite different story. Remember the great big feather
pillow as compared to the tiny lead sinker pillow? Well, now think of a gallon
of feathers and a gallon of lead sinkers. Try to pick up the gallon of
feathers. Piece of (you'll pardon the expression) cake. Now, try to pick up the
gallon of lead sinkers. Sucker's heavy, ain't it? So, you will be smaller, but
you will have gained weight.

Eventually, your body makes the executive decision that you are not going to
replace the fat you lost, and it lets go of the water. In the words of Danny
Skaist: "When your body accepts the fact that they are no longer needed, the
water will be expelled and the cells closed. This is known as the "whoosh."

What makes your body decide to replace by weight or replace by volume? I dunno.
But I do know that it does not seem consistent to the casual observer. What
makes your body decide that you are seriously not going to replace the fat you
lost? I dunno. But now you know why it's so important to drink your water, huh?
Loss of fat is inextricably related to water intake. It's more than a little
foolish to go on a diet that facilitates the removal of fat and then refuse to
give your body the tools it needs to do so.

Bottom Line: Stop getting on the scale and drink your water. If you stick to
your plan and wait for the "whoosh," it will come.
______

[Stefanie]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

I'm still keeping up with the bargain I made with myself....Don't want that Barbie head on my pillow from Cleo, lol. Iyam... THANKS for that article by Sonia Tilley. I still like to see the scale go down every week, especially since I made a *bet* with someone that I would lose 65lbs in a year, but I know that if I stay on the plan, the 65lbs will go...and in the meantime, I need to remember that just because the scale doesn't move sometimes, it doesn't mean I'm not getting smaller everyday!!! Thanks so much everyone for your encouragement!

[Stefanie]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Fyi.....it Worked! I Lost Two Pounds This Week

[Isabeau]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Woohoo! Congrats!

[cleochatra]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Woohoo, Stefanie!



*demurely places severed Kelly doll head back in small violin case*

[YaniBoni]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

AWSOME!

[Momtofour]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Stephanie I noticed your from Michigan too. I live in Midland. Welcome to the board!

[Stefanie]

Re: Goals for the next two weeks...I want to be held accountable

Holy cow, mom! I'm from Saginaw